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2008-09-23 Home Front Economy

Why Paulson's Wall Street handout is - well - a handout

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-09-23 20:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called pullets, and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance which rooster was performing. Now he thought he would sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells.

Fred's favorite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen but during the first week after the bells were put on, Fred noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. Fred was so proud of old Butch he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair and Butch became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well. Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on his populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.

Vote carefully this year...the bells are not always audible.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-23 20:41|| 2008-09-23 20:41|| Front Page Top

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